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Our Mental Health Outreach project
provides a well used welfare
benefits and money advice service part-time to users of three mental
health centres in the borough of Hillingdon.
Pembroke Centre, 90 Pembroke Road, Ruislip Manor, Middlesex
HA4 8NQ, Tel No: 01895 622424
Mill House, 38 Riverside Way, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 2YF,
Tel No: 01895 206800
Mead House, Hayes End Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB4 8EW, Tel
No: 020 8561 6676
If you currently use Mental Health Services at any of
the above centres, ask your Care Co-ordinator to refer you for advice and
information.
Alternatively, you can ask the Receptionist at the Centre for an
appointment.
The Adviser will be at each Centre on a regular basis – details
can be obtained from the Centre Reception and are advertised on Posters.
For more information click below to
view or right click below and Save Target As... to download the project report.
MHO Report
October 2007 to March 2008.pdf: 251K
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Case Study:-
A single male client, age 60 years, living alone, has a diagnosis of
paranoid schizophrenia but does not agree with this diagnosis or the
medication prescribed. He
stated that he does not want to comply with treatment or medication but
that he goes along with the process to avoid being admitted to hospital.
He
had been a home owner but his property was re-possessed due to mortgage
arrears.
He now lives in council accommodation, and at the time of his benefit
check he was receiving Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit and just £59.15
per week in Income Support (IS).
He was advised to claim Pension Credit (PC) instead of IS and assisted
with an application for Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
As a result he was awarded PC, backdated to his 60th birthday,
and DLA middle rate care and lower rate mobility, which increased his
weekly income from £59.15 IS to £167.50pw
PC (including a severe disability addition) plus £60.25
DLA.
With an overall weekly increase in his income of £168.60 (or 385%) he
will now be better off by £8,767 in the course of a year.
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